Derick Brassard headlines a great crop of Blue Jacket rooks, but unfortunately a shoulder injury will keep him out for the rest of the season. While it’s officially past the halfway point of the schedule, the All-Star break is the symbolic tipping point NHL year. Let’s take a look back and a look ahead at […]
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Sorry…those of you expecting Mats Sundin to be the instant saviour of the Canucks may need to wait awhile to see him flex his muscles and become an explosive force. Stop the presses — this just in. The messiah has returned, the end of the world is upon us, floods and destruction and arks with
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It’s New Year’s Eve. What can that mean? Well, in addition to way too much alcohol being consumed around the world, it’s also time for New Year’s resolutions. And you dedicated Ice Chips readers are lucky — we’ve managed to get a hold of the New Year’s Resolutions for a bunch of NHL players. In
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Our sympathies go out to Joe Sakic, who almost lost a finger (seriously) in a freak snowblower accident. Here’s the lesson we’ve all learned from this, and it applies to just about anything in life: when a piece of heavy machinery is jammed, do not ever use your hand to clear the jam. Even if
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We’ve got significant injuries to report, some of which you might have heard about and some which may have slipped under the radar as you stuffed yourself with turkey (Canadian readers, you’re welcome to join in the festivities even though your Thanksgiving was a little while back). Let’s see who’s injured — and what impact
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If this economic crisis has taught us anything, it’s that the rule of buy low, sell high will never, ever, ever change. With that in mind, there are a few players that are riding high off recent surges. Some of them will maintain that level of play, but I’m a firm believer that the following
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This week’s lucky-special-wow winner is Ruslan Fedotenko, who goes from being bumped around every line possible to skating shotgun on a mega-line with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. That also means that something’s not quite right in Pittsburgh, as uniting the two star centres on one line is usually a formula for kick-starting a club
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